Business Dec 4, 2014
Butter makers agree to whip up supply to avert Christmas shortage
Four major butter makers agree to boost output at the request of the farm ministry to meet surging demand for the annual Christmas cake rush.
Economy Dec 1, 2014
Abe needs to butter up dairy industry as weakening yen wreaks havoc
by Aya Takada
Japan’s dairies and cake lovers just cannot seem to catch a break. The weakening yen is making it more expensive for farmers to import the U.S. corn their cows eat at a time when record crops have reduced livestock-feeding costs around the world. And ...
Media | BIG IN JAPAN Nov 29, 2014
Debating milk, names and workplace blues
by Michael Hoffman
Milk — liquid innocence. If milk lets you down, what won’t? It looks healthy, tastes healthy — surely it is healthy? Appearances, we know, are deceiving; still, this particular illusion dies hard. Whose earliest childhood memories do not include a parent admonishing, “Drink your ...
Science & Health Nov 28, 2014
Milk can prevent Alzheimer's disease, dairy firm Meiji says
Consumption of milk and other dairy products is effective in preventing Alzheimer’s disease, according to Meiji Co. Research has found that people who consume milk and dairy products daily have about a 40 percent lower chance of developing the disease, the dairy company said ...
Science & Health Jan 4, 2014
Chocolate milk regarded as next great sports drink
by Kavitha A. Davidson
Remember the “Saturday Night Live” skit from the ’90s that introduced us to the Gatorade of the future, Cookie Dough Sport? Turns out, it might not have been that far off. A new campaign by the National Dairy Council seeks to educate athletes about ...
National | WEDGE Dec 22, 2013
'Abenomics' exposing sheltered dairy farmers
The price of raw milk sold to dairy product makers rose by ¥5 per kg in October as imported cattle feed gets costlier amid the weakening yen. In response, three major milk product makers — Meiji Co., Morinaga Milk Industry Co. and Megmilk Snow ...
Voices | OVERHEARD Oct 26, 2013
Stuff kids say; unclear on the concept
Stuff kids say Father: If we all waste water, one day there will be none left. Son: But we can still drink milk. — Akigase Park, Saitama. Overheard by The Japan Times On Sunday Clear on the concept Elderly woman: I don’t know what ...
Business Oct 25, 2013
Meiji to halt formula sales in China
Meiji Co. said it will stop selling baby formula in China due to rising material costs and intensified competition. “There are so many players in the market,” Junji Ohashi, a spokesman for parent Meiji Holdings Co., said Thursday. “Our sales fell to one-third of ...
Science & Health Mar 15, 2013
Moderation best for eating meat, milk products
People who consume a lot of saturated fatty acids contained in meat and dairy products are less likely to be hit by stroke but face a larger risk of heart attack, a recent study by the National Cancer Center and other bodies found. “It ...